ency relief plan for the sick, rather than a measure of disease prevention. Nevertheless, of those found impaired, 44 per cent, were absolutely unaware of their impairment, showing the positive need for such a system. The following analysis of the impaired lives may prove of interest:
Analysis of Risks Found Impaired Free Annual Health Bureau Examinations
Average age, 49 years, 9 months. Amount of insurance, $1,590,635.
| Diseases | Ages 29-30, Per Cent. |
Ages 30-40, Per Cent. |
Ages 40-50, Per Cent. |
Ages 50-60, Per Cent. |
Ages 60-70, Per Cent. |
Ages 70 Over, Per Cent. |
Per Cent. Total Num- ber Ex- amined |
| Affections of heart, blood vessels and kidneys, diabetes | 4.98 | 18.35 | 21.65 | 31.60 | 23.37 | 4.54 | 28 |
| Per cent, at each age-period unaware of such impairment | 65.21 | 57.81 | 63.00 | 60.27 | 56.48 | 57.14 | . . . . |
| Pulmonary | 4.76 | 35.71 | 33.33 | 14.29 | 11.90 | . . . . | 2.5 |
| Nervous | 6.82 | 22.72 | 38.63 | 22.72 | 9.09 | . . . . | 2.7 |
| Digestive | 1.66 | 33.33 | 25.00 | 31.66 | 8.33 | . . . . | 3.6 |
| Miscellaneous | 2.22 | 17.77 | 42.22 | 22.22 | 13.33 | 2.22 | 2.7 |
| Distribution of all impairments by age-periods | 4.59 | 17.91 | 25.11 | 29.09 | 19.60 | 3.37 | 39.5 |
The above should be interpreted as follows: Of the risks showing affections of heart, blood-vessels, kidneys and diabetes, 4.9 per cent, were between 20 and 30, 13.8 per cent, between 30 and 40, etc. 63 per cent, of those between 40 and 50 affected with diseases of heart, blood-vessels, kidneys and with diabetes were unaware of impairment. 4.5 per cent, of all impairments found occurred in the age-group between 20 and 30, 17.9 per cent, between 30 and 40, etc. 96 per cent. of those unaware of impairment exhibited affections of heart, blood-vessels, kidneys and diabetes. 39.5 per cent, of those examined were found impaired.
Attention is called to the large percentage of degenerative affections found at middle life, among those who supposed that they were in sound health.
The mortality experience, although derived from a comparatively small group, has extended over a sufficient period to prove instructive, and is set forth in the following charts:
